Yunus (given name)

For other uses, see Yunus (disambiguation).

YunusPronunciation| Arabic: [juːnus]
Persian: [juːnes]

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Gender| Male
Origin
Word/name| Hebrew
Meaning| Dove, peaceful being
Other names
Related names| Jonah, Jonas, Joonas, Yonah, Janusz
Yunus in Quran

Yunus (Arabic: يُونُس, Yūnus, Persian: یونس, yūnes, Turkish: Yunus), also spelled Younas, Younes, Younis, Younus, Yunes, Younous and Yonas, is a common male given name, the Arabic version of Greek Ιωνάς (Ionas), from Hebrew יוֹנָה Jonah 'dove'.

## People with the given name

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### Younas

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* Younas Ahmadzai (born 1995), Afghan cricketer

### Younes

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* Younes Ahamdi (born 1976), Moroccan judoka
* Younes Al Shibani (born 1981), Libyan football defender
* Younes Ali (born 1983), Qatari footballer
* Younes Belhanda (born 1990), French-Moroccan footballer
* Younes El Aynaoui (born 1971), Moroccan tennis player
* Younes Kaboul (born 1986), French footballer
* Younes Khattabi, Moroccan rugby league player
* Younes Nazarian, Iranian-born American business mogul and philanthropist
* Younes Shokrkhah (born 1957), Iranian journalist
* Younes Tsouli, Moroccan Islamist

### Younis

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* Mohammed Younis al-Ahmed al-Muwali, Iraqi former Baath Party member
* Younis Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer
* Younis Khan, Pakistani cricketer
* Younis Mahmoud, Iraqi footballer
* Younis Mohammad Ibrahim al-Hayyari, Moroccan terrorism suspect

### Younus

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* Younus Shaikh, Pakistani dissident

### Yunus

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* Mohammad Yunus Saleem, Indian politician
* Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi economist
* Yunus Altun, Turkish footballer
* Yunus Badat, Zambian cricketer
* Yunus Emre, Turkish poet and mystic
* Yunus Erçelik (born 1980), Turkish motorcycle racer
* Yunus İçuz, Turkish footballer
* Yunus Khan, 15th-century Mughal Khan
* Yunus Mallı, German-Turkish footballer
* Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu, Turkish journalist
* Yunus Öçal, Turkish volleyball coach
* Yunus Parvez, Indian actor
* Yunus Paşa, Ottoman statesman
* Yunus Qanuni, Afghan politician
* Yunus Yosfiah, Indonesian army officer
* Yunus Musah, American soccer player

## See also

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* Yunus (surname)

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